So you don't break it on the first day?
breakable/scratchable and near unbreakable are two different things !
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Liquid Metal Used in iPhone 3G SIM Tool, Next iPhone Too?
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breakable/scratchable and near unbreakable are two different things !
It came with my 3G, 3GS and iPhone4.. (in the UK) Getting quite a collection of paperclips.
Exactly! Ditto for so many other products that Apple makes. What is the obsession with smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller? There's something to be said for a device that feels strong in your hands...and doesn't feel like a piece of cheap plastic that will shatter in a billion pieces if you drop it.
I don't want a 0.000008 oz cell phone. I want the weight...that lets me know I'm actually holding something. I don't want it so thin and small that I lose it because it fell between the gaps on my outdoor deck! And how am I supposed to hold this things?...with my fingernails (us men typically don't have as long nails as women)? Oh, wait!...Apple will create some type of glove/hand accessory for $49.99 to help me hold my 0.0000008 oz phone.
Instead of making the cases (computers too) smaller, it would be nice if they just used the free space inside for things like memory, storage, better/faster/more CPU power, or larger battery.
I actually had a USB flash drive manufactured with this technique Link, and it was virtually indestructible. It has very fine laser engraved logo on and I kept it on my keychain for nearly a year and it still looked brand new.
The neat thing about this "liquid metal" is really in how it is used in the manufacturing process. It's actually injected like a plastic which allows them to make parts that would be too expensive to machine otherwise. Also the strength depends on which alloy they use, for a simple ejection tool they didn't care about how strong it is, it's the method of manufacturing that's important.
Give us a phone that doesn't shatter when we drop it. Could care less what the material is so if liquid metal is going to be tougher than this "scratch proof" and "30x stronger" iPhone we currently have then by all means do it to it.
So does anyone have an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Liquid Metal watch? Care to comment on how scratch-proof / ding-proof it is?
It would be great to have a scratch / ding proof Macbook Pro or iPhone / iPad...
It would be great to have a scratch / ding proof Macbook Pro or iPhone / iPad...
If Flash is included with a liquidmetal Jesus phone, I'm all for it. (along with better reception, and on Verizon).
I got one with the 3GS but I'm not sure if it is liquid metal or stainless. It reacts to a magnet so I think it is stainless. When I get a chance I'll pop it in the SEM/EDS and find the elemental composition.
I've looked at another metallic glass but that one was specifically chosen to be magnetic. Apple's, I believe, is Zr rich and not magnetic.
Found mine from my 3G or 3GS, can't remember which. There is very fine engraving on one edge saying "Taiwan". Do they manufacture this stuff there?
It's also very slightly magnetic, similar to stainless steel only maybe less so. So what is this stuff?
It's also very slightly magnetic, similar to stainless steel only maybe less so. So what is this stuff?
Some stuff I want to know is how much thinner can these things get? Maybe 1-2 mm? And more importantly, how big an issue would this be? It wouldn't make much sense to me if they were like "Ooh, we were able to make the MacBook Pros go from 0.8 inches to 0.7!" Wow, big difference! I'll admit, that may mean a lot to some people, but not me. When the difference is that small, I don't care much.
Personally, I would like it if instead of making laptops and iPhones/iPods thinner, maybe add more components to these devices like RAM or better graphics cards. I just got an iPod Touch for work and it seems odd to me. It's not flimsy, just small. I have kinda big hands and when I wrap my hand around back, my fingers easily reach around to the front. It feels like it would be very easy to drop.
Personally, I would like it if instead of making laptops and iPhones/iPods thinner, maybe add more components to these devices like RAM or better graphics cards. I just got an iPod Touch for work and it seems odd to me. It's not flimsy, just small. I have kinda big hands and when I wrap my hand around back, my fingers easily reach around to the front. It feels like it would be very easy to drop.
Stronger than you think!
Video: http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/#design-video
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The glass is already the protection for the iPhone 4. You can see in the manufacturing video, that the glass can be bended like plastic. It is the same glass, which they use for (military) helicopters.Baby steps, Apple
I dont know how much this is about making the device much thinner, but more about making it more structurally rigid and resilient to the day-to-day buffeting that a phone gets.
It was suggested that this metal reflects rather than absorbs considerably more kinetic energy than materials like aluminium and stainless steel, would that suggest that it would carry less shockwaves though the phone, to more likely protect that delicate lump of glass wedged inside?
Video: http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/#design-video
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Dude, I was thinking the same myself. "intricate seamless enclosures by blow-molding the melted alloy like glass" are we talking a totally enclosed product with no way to service it with the exception of cutting into it breaking the manufacturer seal?
Good for sale glitz but makes this a totally "user and dispose product." I think it was William Gibson who said, "In the future, everything is disposable." to talking about trends like this?
mine is engraved with ''JAPAN". And it bends... Maybe I'm not holding it right..
I dont get it. Do you need a tool for the SIM in a iphone? And whats the buzz, a steel gear do the same thing?
I have a Liquidmetal Vertu Ascent.
It weighs a tonne. But then Vertu do appear to have used quite a slab of it.
Uses? Breaking someone's face, mostly.
Whether Apple will actually make a decent phone out of it I have no idea. A little side note to Vertu - the iPhone 4 feels one hell of a lot more luxurious than your £2500 Liquidmetal Ascent does.
It weighs a tonne. But then Vertu do appear to have used quite a slab of it.
Uses? Breaking someone's face, mostly.
Whether Apple will actually make a decent phone out of it I have no idea. A little side note to Vertu - the iPhone 4 feels one hell of a lot more luxurious than your £2500 Liquidmetal Ascent does.
Probably not so many people has this one. But a lot of people have Sansa MP3 player which does have Liquidmetal backing.
